Roller-bearing.



,No. 775,875. PATENTED NOV. 22, 1904.

L. VILLATTE.

ROLLER BEARING.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 25. 1904.

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artnr ROLLER-BEARING..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 775,875, dated November 22, 1904i.

Application filed July 25.1904. Serial No. 217,985. (No model.) l

To LZ/ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, Leurs VILLATTn,a citizen of the United States, residing' at Watertown, in the county of Jefferson and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Roller-Bearings; and l do declare the following to be a full, clear,and eX- act description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in roller-bearing journal-boxes for shafts.

The object of the invention is to provide a bearing of this character in which friction of the parts will be reduced to aminimum, means being provided for preventing wear upon the shaft and means whereby the parts will be self-lubricating.

With this object in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as will hereinafter be more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

ln the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a side elevation of a bearing constructed in accordance with the" invention. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a cen tral vertical longitudinal sectional view. Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view. Fig. 5 is a detail View of one of the links which form the roller-supporting rings, and Fig. Gis a sectional View of the same.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 denotes the shaft, to which is secured a hardened-steel sleeve 2. Said sleeve may be secured to the shaft l in any suitable manner, but is preferably iixed to the same by means of counter-sunk machine-screws, as shown.

On each end of the sleeve 2 are arranged bearing-rings 3, through which the shaft 1 is adapted to pass. The rings 3 are provided on their inner sides with annular flanges 4, which are adapted to tit over the ends of the sleeve 2, thereby forming caps. In the rings 8 are formed a series of bearing-apertures 5 and bolt-holes 6. The bearingapertures 5 are preferably arranged in pairs, and between each two pairs 1s disposed a bolt-hole 6. Journaled in the bearing-apertures 5 are antifricj tion-rollers 7, the ends of which are reduced where they enter said bearing-apertures, so

that a shoulder is formed on said rollers, thereby preventing any longitudinal shifting move ment of the same. '.lhrough the bolt-holes 6 are passed the ends of clamping-bolts 8, said ends being reduced,thereby forming shoulders on said bolts which are engaged bythe inner edges of the rings 3. Nuts are applied to the outer' ends of said bolts, thereby clami'iingthe same and said rings irmlyin place. .lherings 3 and rollers 7 are incased within ahardenedsteel box 9, the inner surface of which forms an annular bearing for said rollers and in which the same are adapted to turn with the rotation ofthe shaft l. The inner diameter of the box 9 n ear cach end of the same is enlarged, as shown at l0, whereby the bearingrings may be accommodated. The box 9 is preferably octagonalin shape on its outer side and is adapted to iit within an octagonal-shaped opening' in a pedestal or support l2. In one side of said box is formed an oil-hole 1?), which. is arranged inline with an oil-hole, 14, formed in said pedestal and above which and in cornmunication therewith is arranged an oil-cup which Vmay be of ordinary or any suitable construction.

rllhe pedestal l2 is preferably formed of a lower base-section 16, having laterally-pro jecting lianges 17, which are provided with vertically -disposed bolt holes 18, through which may be passed bolts 19, whereby the same may be secured to a :lioor or other support.

The upper portion of the pedestal l2 is preferably in the form of a cap 20, having laterally-projecting :flanges 211, in wh ich are formed vertically-disposed bolt-holes for the reception of bolts 22, which are adapted to be screwed. into threaded apertures in the base portion of said pedestal, thereby securing the parts of the same together.

On each end of the pedestal l2 are formed inwardly-projccting annular. flanges Q3, the upper faces of which are recessed, as at 24k, to receive a packing-ring 25, the inner edge of which is adapted to close] y engage the periphery of the shaft l, thereby preventing the entrance of dirt, chips, sawdust, or other foreign matter and also preventing the spattering or splashing out of any of the lubricating-oil from the inner side of the bearing. On the packing-ring 25 is arranged a circular metal holding-ring ai, which is adapted to be secured to the flanges 23 by means of screws 26, thereby securely holding the packing-ring 25 in place and in engagement with the shaft.

The rollers 7 are adapted to be lubricated by means of oil passing from the oil-cup 15, through the alined oil-holes 13 and 14, into the space within the box 9 in Which said rollers are located and which passes to the lower side of said box, where it may stand and through which each roller must pass as the same is revolved, thereby iinmersing or bathing said rollers in the oil at each revolution of the shaft, thus keeping the parts well lubricated.

In a roller-bearing constructed as herein shown and described it will be seen that the friction will be taken up by the rollers 7, thereby preventing or materially decreasing the wear of the parts.

Frein the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring' a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing' from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to .secure by Letters `Patent, is-

l. In a journal-box, the combination, with a shaft and a sleeve secured thereto, of cap-rings each having a curved flange to it over the end of the sleeve, and each having formed therein bearing-apertures and bolt-holes in the enlarged outer portions of said rings, antifriction-rollers journaled in said bearing-apertures, bolts extending from one ring to the other and through the bolt-holes to connect the rings together, said bolts being located intermediate two pairs of rollers, a box surrounding the rollers to form the outer bearing therefor, and a pedestal to receive and support the box, substantially as described.

2. In a journal-box, the combination, with a shaft and a sleeve secured thereto, of cap-rings formed of sections and surrounding the shaft at the ends of the sleeve, each cap-ring section having a curved iange to fit over the end of the sleeve and an enlarged portion having formed therein bearing-apertures and boltholes,antifi'iction1olleis journaled in the bearing-apertures, bolts extending through the bolt-holes and connecting the ring-sections at opposite ends of the sleeve, a box surrounding said sleeve and rollers and a pedestal to support the bearing, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof 1 have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LUUIS VILLATTE.

iVitnesses:

JOHN U. CARLrsL, DrcxlNsoN E. GRIFFITH. 

